Branco says: "We need a political intervention to make this situation end". He is of course happy and relieved. The South American country has granted him asylum, but it is not clear how Assange would travel there without the permission of British authorities.

The girls were received behind closed doors by the President as only Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Cameraman and the President's Personal Photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo were allowed in. On when they will be reunited with their parents, he said a laid out programme will be released. "If that is the case, we say it's a heavy price to pay and an unusual one at that", the party stated.

Richard Rojas, 26, from the Bronx, was arrested at the scene and later charged with murder in the second degree, 20 counts of attempted murder and five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, police said. De Blasio, a progressive Democrat seeking re-election this year, said authorities would assess whether they needed to step up security to stop similar incidents from happening in the future.

When asked by Breitbart News if the agency is considering taking any action, a spokesperson said the agency is working with law enforcement but could not comment specifically because the investigation is ongoing. "We intend to ensure there was accountability for anyone who was involved in this assault". And new video revealed Thursday shows Erdogan - who hours earlier had met with President Donald Trump - watching the fracas from his vehicle outside the Turkish embassy.

Saudi Arabia's leaders soured on Obama, and King Salman did not greet him at the airport during his final visit to the kingdom. This president is a hardcore realist: He just doesn't care. Saudi Arabia is home to the Islamic world's most sacred sites, notably Mecca, where Muslims are duty bound to perform a pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.

This story is breaki. On April 29, the North fired a ballistic missile from a Pukchang area but it exploded in mid-air minutes after lift-off, the South Korean and US militaries announced at the time. He said North Korea "probably learned a lot" from last weekend's test. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in a press conference in New York Tuesday that Washington's condition for dialogue with Pyongyang was a "total stop of the nuclear process and of any test there".

Now he might be regretting that move. China has warned the Philippines it would go to war if Manila insists on enforcing a tribunal's ruling that invalidated Beijing's sweeping claims in the disputed South China Sea , Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday.

Public approval of President Donald Trump has dropped to its lowest level since his inauguration, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, after Trump was accused of mishandling classified information and meddling with an FBI investigation.

Earlier in the day Trump met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and signed an arms deal between the two countries valued at $110 billion. There was no such talk in his meetings yesterday, but he did say the arms deal would support tens of thousands of jobs in the US.

On Saturday, experts said it appeared that the ransomware had made just over $20,000, although they expected that number to pop when people went back into the office Monday. On Sunday, the researcher warned that hackers could upgrade the virus to remove the kill switch. In Japan, both Nissan and Hitachi reported some units had been affected, while in China energy giant PetroChina said that at some petrol stations customers had been unable to use its payment system.

The New York Times reported a couple days after the firing that Trump demanded Comey pledge his loyalty during a private dinner in January, an account that Trump has partially denied, with the irresistible addendum that were he to have done that it wouldn't have been unethical.

There are reports that the missile has the capability to strike Alaska and Hawaii if fired on a normal, instead of a lofted trajectory, The Independent reported. "US Pacific Command stands behind our ironclad commitment to the security of our allies in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan", it added in a statement.